Miscellaneous Stats

Fastest Qualifying Laps

The list below shows the fastest qualifying laps achieved at each circuit on the current calendar. A separate listing of Lap Records, which can only be set during the race, can be found here.
Circuit	Speed	Lap time	Year	Driver	Team
Monza	262.242 km/h	1m 19.525s	2004 Q1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams BMW
Spa Francorchamps	241.664 km/h	1m 43.726s	2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Silverstone	236.570 km/h	1m 18.233s	2004	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren Mercedes
Suzuka	235.005 km/h	1m 28.954s	2006 Q2	Michael SCHUMACHER	Ferrari
A1-Ring	229.334 km/h	1m 07.908s	2003 P1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Melbourne	226.173 km/h	1m 24.408s	2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Hockenheim	224.626 km/h	1m 13.306s	2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Imola	222.673 km/h	1m 19.753s	2004	Jenson Button	BAR Honda
Interlagos	222.171 km/h	1m 09.822s	2004 Q1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Istanbul	221.399 km/h	1m 26.797s	2005	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren
Indianapolis	217.283 km/h	1m 09.454s	2004 Q1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Montreal	217.220 km/h	1m 12.275s	2004	Ralf Schumacher	Williams BMW
Bahrain	217.047 km/h	1m 29.848s	2005 Q1	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Magny-Cours	216.411 km/h	1m 13.377s	2004 Q1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams BMW
Sepang	215.536 km/h	1m 32.582s	2005 Q1	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Nurburgring	211.342 km/h	1m 27.691s	2004 Q1	Takuma Sato	BAR Honda
Shanghai	210.588 km/h	1m 33.185s	2004 Q1	Michael SCHUMACHER	Ferrari
Barcelona	205.819 km/h	1m 21.421s	2007	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Hungaroring	201.076 km/h	1m 18.436s	2004 Q1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Monte Carlo	163.520 km/h	1m 13.532s	2006 P2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren
Notes: Q1 = Qualifying 1 of 2003-05 Qualifying in which cars do not carry race fuel loads P2 = Period 2 of 2006 Qualifying in which cars do not carry race fuel loads